Plagiochila sisparensis Steph. - a vulnerable liverwort from Nilgiri Hills, Western Ghats

Praveen Kumar Verma; Krishna Kumar Rawat; Afroz Alam

doi:10.14719/pst.2015.2.4.147

Plagiochila sisparensis Steph. - a vulnerable liverwort from Nilgiri Hills, Western Ghats

Authors

Praveen Kumar Verma Forest Research Institute
Krishna Kumar Rawat National Botanical research Institute
Afroz Alam Banasthali University http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8575-4677

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2015.2.4.147

Keywords:

Bryophyta, Nilgiri Hills, Plagiochilaceae, Plagiochila, Vulnerable species, Western Ghats

Abstract

Plagiochila sisparensis Steph., an endemic liverwort of Western Ghats - Sri Lanka hot spot, is recently rediscovered from Avalanche in Nilgiri hills (Tamil Nadu), the area is adjacent to its home place. The species was only recorded from India in 1921 from Sispara (Kerala). After more than 90 years gap it has been rediscovered. The species is easily separable from other species of Plagiochila sect. Tayloriae, and characterized by moderately imbricate leaves which are oblong in shape, spinose teeth, mostly restricted to ventral margin of the leaves. Detailed information is given on its morphology and ecology, and a comparison of similar species of the same section is also discussed.

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Author Biographies

Praveen Kumar Verma, Forest Research Institute

Plant systematics Division, Forest Research Institute, New Forest, Dehradun 248006 (Uttarakhand)

Krishna Kumar Rawat, National Botanical research Institute

National Botanical research Institute
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Afroz Alam, Banasthali University

Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University, Rajasthan

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01-10-2015

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Verma PK, Rawat KK, Alam A. Plagiochila sisparensis Steph. - a vulnerable liverwort from Nilgiri Hills, Western Ghats. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2015 Oct. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 4];2(4):151-3. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/147

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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2015)

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Special Section: Bryophytes

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